ANNUAL REPORT

2016

#FUNDCOURAGE

Our Mission:Urgent Action Fund partners with courageous women’s and LBTQI movements worldwide to support activists striving to create cultures of justice, equality, and peace.

Our Sister Funds:In partnership with our two sister funds, Urgent Action Fund-Africa and Urgent Action Fund-Latin America, we strengthen the resilience of feminist movements worldwide to realize equal rights for women, girls, and trans* people.

Each sister Urgent Action Fund is an independent and autonomous organization. Building on our shared history, we use a common rapid response funding model and work collaboratively to advocate for women’s human rights.

Collectively, we support women’s leadership and activism in more than 110 countries, including areas affected by armed conflict, escalating violence, political volatility, and extreme repression.

Make a Gift:Support women’s and LBTQI human rights globally by making a donation online at www.urgentactionfund.org or sending a check to: Urgent Action Fund, 660 13th Street, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94612.

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We can’t feel safe in a country where money

decides, how, when, and who to destroy.

— Women’s Justice Russia

Photo credits:Front and inside cover: Rucha ChitnisBoard and staff: Megan Drace

Featured: Front cover: Jamia Brown, Rethink New OrleansInside cover: Dai’Zha Robinson, Rethink New OrleansLian Gogali,The Women’s School Indonesia

Our Partners In ChangeGovernments, Foundations, and CorporationsAJG FoundationAmazonSmileAmerican Jewish World

Service (AJWS)Anchor Point FundAon FoundationAspirationAxosoftBright Funds FoundationChannel FoundationCommunity Foundation

Serving Boulder County

Count Me In! (A project of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Crosby & Kaneda

Dobkin Family Foundation

Eileen FisherFord FoundationForeign &

Commonwealth Office - UK

Foundation for a Just Society

GRANT Partners, LLCGrassroots Climate

Solutions FundGreen FundGuide Star USA, IncHCROA (Human & Civil

Rights Organizations of America)

Horizons FoundationJ.P. MorganJewish Communal FundJewish Community

Foundation of Greater Kansas City

Levi Strauss FoundationMADREMarguerite Casey

FoundationMarin Community

FoundationMoriah FundMozillaNovo FoundationOak Foundation

Open Society Foundation

Orchard House Foundation

ProtectDefenders.EURadler, White, Parks,

& Alexander, LLPRobert Bosch StiftungRose Foundation for

Communities and the Environment

Sadie Gift Fund of the Community Foundation

San Francisco Foundation

Schwab Charitable Fund

Serendipity Charitable Gift Fund

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Sol and Doris R. Swiss Foundation

The Benevity Community Impact Fund

The Colina FoundationThe Edna Wardlaw

Charitable FundThe Mize Family

FoundationTides Foundation

Tikva Grassroots Empowerment Fund

Timken-Sturgis Foundation

Twanda FoundationUN WomenUnited Methodist

WomenVirginia Lopez

FoundationWeinstein Law Group,

LLCWellspring Advisors,

LLCXpu FoundationYourCause, LLC

Individuals and FamiliesAnonymous Kelsey AbneyChristina AlexanderDina AlexanderMert AltinasCynda Collins ArsenaultLinda AshleySheeley AustinMichaela BallouJane BarryMahnaz Ispahani BartosDebi BaydushLouise BellKristine BelsonCarly BenkovJoanne BergholdMona BermanLiz BernsteinNancy BernsteinDiane Jordan Wexler

and Bruce BeronTanya BhattNancy Billica and Brian

VickersAmy BisnoLesly BlackMerrill BlackWesley BlickenstaffRita and Irwin BlittCassandra BlumeChristopher BohlClaudia BollwinkelAnne BowhayWilliam BrayEllen Epstein and Ian

BrownellGeorge and Megan

Bunch BunchBonnie BurkeKathleen Barry and Bob

BurnettAmy Laura CahnJenna Capeci

Charlotte Bunch and Roxanna Carillo

Dory Ann CarterDiana ChengMona ChunJoanie CiardelliJanet ColeElizabeth ColtonCarrie ComerBlanche Cook and Clare Coss Kate Mitchell and David

CooperKaren CramerKathy CravenMichelle CruzGerald CurranEllen CutterLouise DavisMarcia DavisBethany DillCarol DouglasMary and James

Downtown Jr. Diana DuarteLisa Dusseault and Eric

RescorlaShalini EddensMichael EddyEdith EdsonMary EdwardsSara EganElaine EnarsonAdriana ErmoliMichael ErtelJill ErtlCindy Ewing and Lucie

TiczonMelissa ExteinMary FallahEdward FarleyLeia FerrariJean Rannells Saul and

Carla FickeStacy Straaberg Finfrock

Mercedes FitchettLaurel Fletcher and

Jeffrey Selbin Mary FordNathan Kaufman and

Lynn FrancoPaulette Meyer and

David FriedmanNicky Wolman and

Dave FulkerJanina FutralMariam GagoshashviliJohn GillilandMiriam GnagyMargery GoldmanLynda GoldsteinBillie GoodmanRoshmi GoswamiRyan GottillaSkylar GoyenSarah GrayJulia GreenbergLauren GreenbergDemitri GulaSarah GuntherXiaopei HeJustin HesserLorraine HonigCatherine HowardBridget HurleyMeerim IlyasKaren IshimaruNeera JainMeera JauharAriel JichaLibia Yuliet JimenezDana E. JonesSaskia and Anneke de

JongeKaryn KaplanDanny KaufmanNan Holmes and Steve

KaufmanAnna KireyHannah Kranzberg

Kate KroegerLisa KynviMargaret LadnerJennifer LentferPeter Schattner and Dr.

Susan LessinHelen LeviShira LevineKeely Tongate and

Adam LevyXiu LiRebecca LiebmanSara and Andy LittJudy LubowRuth LudwinDonna LuffChristopher LynchJessica MahonyGabriella MannNathalie MargiMichael Hirschhorn and

Jimena MartinezIhab MassoudLauren MaxwellAnne and Kevan

McCarten-GibbsDavid McConnellBoli MedappaMaria MejiaLauren MillerRebecca MillsUrsula MiniszewskiNadine MoawadDebbie Belote and

Virginia MorganMarea MurrayMargaret NessMargaret NewellIris NgHuong NguyenElaine NonnemanZona NorwoodDevi O’MalleyWendy OsborneKim Oxholm

Saul PalderAlice PangAnn Parker-WayCatherine and Bill

ParrishAnalia PenchaszadehLinda PeriMalaika PettigrewMatthew PickardAlexandra PittmanAlexander PokludaJudy Studenski and

Noami PridjianBahman and Mona

RabiiDeborah RiceJulie RichardsonElisabeth and Robert RixFrancine RizzottoSusan RosenbergAnna RosenbluthPeter RothblattCynthia RothschildChloe SafierDebbie and Louis

SalkindCecilia SantosShira SapersteinSonia SaraiyaRobin SchillerJohn ScholefieldMathias SchweighoferJulia ScrogginPatricia Viseur SellersSumita SenAnasuya SenguptaYumi SeraHealy ShenCatherine and Rony

Shimony

Andrew and Siyane Huzar

Rebecca SotoAshleigh SpiererTina SpringerCaitlin Stanton and

Randy TriggMonica StantonTimothy StantonElizabeth StoneNorma StoneTina TahmoureszadehJenelle ThomsonBarbara and Larry

TongateCara ToolinOlivia TrabyshFiona TraheJane Lewenthal and

Tomo TsukayamaJyri TuulosSoo UhmJeffrey UrmanEmily UtzEvan VandegriffCarly VandegriffVictoria Velazquez-

PatienceElizabeth ViscegliaConnor WallaceTali WeinbergCarol WeissMarissa WeselyEffie WesterveltJanine WileyCheryl WilfongRose WorksJesse WrennCarrie WrightXin XinJudith Zimmer

Assets: $3,187,185Liabilities: $158,630Net Assets: $3,028,555

AUDITED FINANCIALS FOR 2016

Board of DirectorsPatricia Viseur Sellers, Chair, USA/BelgiumMaryam Al-Khawaja, Vice-Chair, Bahrain Paulette Meyer, Treasurer, USACharlotte Bunch, Secretary, USAKamala Chandrakirana, IndonesiaMariam Gagoshashvili, Georgia Roshmi Goswami, IndiaNadine Moawad, Lebanon

StaffKate Kroeger, Executive Director Shalini Eddens, Director of Programs Caitlin Stanton, Director of PartnershipsMeerim Ilyas, Senior Program Officer Nathalie Margi, Senior Advocacy OfficerHuong Nguyen, Senior Learning & Impact OfficerSoo Uhm, Senior Leadership Giving OfficerYvonne Leland, Operations ManagerOlivia Trabysh, Development & Communications

Coordinator

ConsultantsDorinne Ah-KamChloe Batista Ingrid BenedictVirisila BuadromoCarol CantwellDesign Action Collective Megan Drace Melissa Extein Alex HolyKaren IshimaruNeshani Jani

Rich Lawler Anne McCarten-GibbsRhonda PointdexterAmro Radwan Mary Jane RealRamdass SegariShreya ShahSunAnn SutthisunsaneeHelga van KampenGitta Zomorodi

Urgent Action Fund is led by our global Board of Directors and guided by our Advisory Network of 100+ leading human rights activists.

Board of Directors & Staff

EXPENSES$2,241,803

INCOME$3,516,424*

Administration Individuals

Foundations

Government

Programs

Fundraising

25%1%

74%82%

9%9%

* includes funds restricted for use in future years

2016 by the Numbers

21% of grants supported LBTQI activists

173 Rapid Response Grants

96% of US grants directly supported women or trans* people of color-led activism

36%28%

36%

Grants to sister fundsOpportunity

grants

Security grants

Rapid Advocacy Grants

The UAF team (“on-call” Program staff & local advisors) review the application & communicate with the group to learn

more about the situation

24–72 hours later — a grant decision is made / funds are on their way

HOW RAPID RESPONSE GRANTMAKING WORKS

Activists identify a political window

of opportunity

UAF’s 24/7/365

online application

Protecting the most targeted The 2016 US Presidential election emboldened racial violence and increased hate crimes. In response, a youth group sought a rapid response grant and used it to mobilize security trainings on police brutality, public attacks, and lifesaving techniques like first aid and CPR for adolescent girls of color, queer, and transgender youth in New Orleans.

Upholding equitable healthcare When the Spanish Interior Ministry arbitrarily revoked the charitable status of the country’s leading family planning services provider, activists took to the streets to advocate for access to sexual and reproductive health care. A rapid response grant sponsored legal assistance and media coverage to fortify women’s rights over their own bodies. It also secured healthcare access for LBTQI persons, immigrants, those suffering from HIV/AIDS, and the less able bodied who often seek care from women’s health clinics.

Chronicling the gendered side of warConflict in Syria and Iraq has led to extensive human rights violations against Yazidi women. In an effort to highlight the gendered nature of crimes against humanity and collect legal evidence, a rapid response grant covered documentation and coalition building expenses, which bridged networks Yazidi women refugees fleeing ISIS captivity, gender based violence advocates, and Turkish local and state actors.

RESISTANCE UNDETERRED

OUR IMPACT

Top 5 Issue Areas 1. Freedom from Violence 2. Civic & Political Rights 3. Sexual & Reproductive Rights 4. Economic Inequality & Labor Rights5. Environmental Justice, Climate

Change & Land Rights

Rapid Security Grants

A WHRD or THRD* comes under threat

Our Grants at Work

*WHRD stands for women’s human rights defender*THRD stands for trans human rights defender